The importance of type of question, psychological climate and subject set in interviewing children about pain.

The child's view of pain is a sparse area in the field of pediatric pain, with interviews providing a major investigative tool. A flurry of interview studies has appeared but their contribution in terms of increasing the pool of information is limited by the indiscriminate use of the supplied-respon...

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Publicado en:PAIN Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 71 - 80
Autores principales: Ross, D M, Ross, S A, Ross, Dorothea M, Ross, Sheila A
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1984 May
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Sumario:The child's view of pain is a sparse area in the field of pediatric pain, with interviews providing a major investigative tool. A flurry of interview studies has appeared but their contribution in terms of increasing the pool of information is limited by the indiscriminate use of the supplied-response item format. This paper describes the advantages of the generate-response format as well as the importance of psychological climate and subject set. Data obtained from a large-scale interview project (n = 994) on children's views of their ongoing and past pain experiences provide some support for the interview methodology advocated here.